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Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

With one fan already running in this bedroom, Helen Benjamin reaches to turn on the ceiling fan after opening the windows to let her house air out after flooding caused by Hurricane Harvey in Houston.
Larry McCormack, The Tennessean

Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

Willie Neal takes apart a bed on the first floor after it was flooded by water from Hurricane Harvey in Houston.
Larry McCormack, The Tennessean

Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

Ann Neal picks up cleaning supplies and toiletries that were donated to her church to distribute to flood victims at Fifth Ward Church of Christ in Houston.
Larry McCormack, The Tennessean

Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

Imana Malbroue, 10, looks at her mother's iPad as she, her mother Kim and her grandmother share a room at a downtown hotel after their homes were flooded by Hurricane Harvey.
The Tennessean

Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

Eric Rice, a graduate student of the civil and environmental engineering program at Rice University, grabs a sample of flood water to test for E. coli and other fecal bacteria in the Cinco Ranch neighborhood of Houston.
Danielle Parhizkaran, Northjersey.com

Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

Hay bales are pushed from a Michigan Army National Guard Chinook helicopter in the Hamshire area of Texas. The bales were set to help feed an estimated 2,000 head of livestock stranded by Harvey floodwaters.
Guiseppe Barranco, The Beaumont Enterprise, via AP

Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

Volunteers and residents help the Michigan Army National Guard load a Chinook helicopter with hay for cattle stranded by Hurricane Harvey in Hamshire, Texas.
Guiseppe Barranco, The Beaumont Enterprise, via AP

Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

Insurance officials work among flooded cars at a racetrack in Baytown, Texas. Thousands of cars sit drying at the racetrack after floodwaters from Harvey swept through the area last week.
Gregory Bull, AP

Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

Gaston Kirby walks through floodwater inside his home in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey near the Addicks and Barker Reservoirs, in Houston.
David J. Phillip, AP

Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

Jesus Ramirez removes the wood floors from his home damaged by floodwaters in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey on Sept. 4, 2017, in Houston.
David J. Phillip, AP

Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

Jesus Ramirez removes the wood floors from his home damaged by floodwaters in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey on Sept. 4, 2017, in Houston.
David J. Phillip, AP

Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

Anna Ucheomumu, left, high fives Houston Texans defensive end J.J. Watt after loading a car with relief supplies to people impacted by Hurricane Harvey on Sept. 3, 2017, in Houston. J.J. Watt's Hurricane Harvey Relief Fund, which raised more than $18 million to date to help those affected by the storm.
Pool Photo by Brett Coomer

Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

Volunteers unload a truck of relief supplies for people impacted by Hurricane Harvey on Sept. 3, 2017, in Houston.
Pool Photo by Brett Coomer

Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

Houston Texans defensive end Christian Covington carries water while distributing relief supplies to people impacted by Hurricane Harvey on Sept. 3, 2017, in Houston. J.J. Watt's Hurricane Harvey Relief Fund, which raised more than $18 million to date to help those affected by the storm.
Pool Photo by Brett Coomer

Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

Justin Schultz uses a tractor to help remove debris from neighbors' homes destroyed by floodwaters in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey on Sept. 3, 2017, in Spring, Texas.
David J. Phillip, AP

Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

LaMarcus McCray drives a boat through a flooded neighborhood as he helps bring items out of a friends home in an area where a mandatory evacuation is still under effect in Houston on Sept. 3, 2017.
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Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

Volunteer Max Stenger, left, embraces flood victim Gloria Bancker while helping clean up Bancker's home which was destroyed by floodwaters in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey on Sept. 3, 2017, in Spring, Texas.
David J. Phillip, AP

Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

Church members are seen through the window of a water damaged room as they gather in the parking lot of the First Baptist Church for a service on Sept. 3, 2017, in Humble, Texas. The church building was flooded with two feet of water during Hurricane Harvey prompting services to be held outside.
Charlie Riedel, AP

Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

Terri Bubb, left, and Nita Clements sing a hymn on Sept. 3, 2017, during the service at First United Methodist Church in Dickinson, Texas. Church members and area residents filled the storm damaged sanctuary to worship together one week after floodwaters from Tropical Storm Harvey inundated the city and much of Southeast Texas.
Jennifer Reynolds, The Galveston County Daily News via AP

Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

Pastor Kathy Sebring, left, leads church elders in prayer before the start of a worship service in the front lawn of the First Presbyterian Church of Dickinson on Sept. 3, 2017, in Dickinson, Texas. The First Presbyterian Church of Dickinson was badly damaged in the floods from Harvey.
Steve Gonzales, Houston Chronicle via AP

Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

Elvira Vera jumps out of her car to embrace Houston Texans defensive end J.J. Watt as he distributes relief supplies to people impacted by Hurricane Harvey on Sept. 3, 2017, in Houston. Watt's Hurricane Harvey Relief Fund has raised more than $18 million to date to help those affected by the storm.
Pool photo by Brett Coomer

Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

Dave Pauli, with the Humane Society of the United States Animal Rescue Team, carries a dog captured on a property with five other dogs being seized in Fulton, Texas, on Sept. 3, 2017. He is in Aransas County helping rescue dogs, cats and other animals left by owners before and after Hurricane Harvey.
Rachel Denny Clow, Caller-Times via USA TODAY NETWORK

Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

Cruz Dargas carries a deer head as he volunteers his time to help bring items out of homes inundated with floodwater in an area where a mandatory evacuation is still under effect on Sept. 3, 2017 in Houston.
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Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

Harry Decour hugs a church member after prayers were said for those affected by the recent flooding during the 11:15 service at Fifth Ward Church of Christ
on Sept. 3, 2017, in Houston.
Larry McCormack , The Tennessean via USA TODAY NETWORK

Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

Becky May wipes away tears as she prays with members of the Pine Forest Baptist Church, as they hold Sunday services in the parking lot outside their damaged church, in the aftermath of Tropical Storm Harvey in Vidor, Texas on Sept. 3, 2017. The church was flooded from the storm and is currently unusable.
Gerald Herbert, AP

Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

A volunteer heads out into a neighborhood in Orange, Texas to look for people in need of help on Sept. 3, 2017.
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Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

Cara Crawford, turns around after trying to ride her bike through high water to get to Sunday services at a nearby church in Vidor, Texas, Sept. 3, 2017.
Gerald Herbert, AP

Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

A crucifix stands in front of a flooded church in the aftermath of Tropical Storm Harvey in Vidor, Texas on Sept. 3, 2017.
Gerald Herbert, AP

Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

Deacon Scott Glueck, right, talks with a woman in the halls of Klein High School as parishioners from flood-damaged St. Ignatius Loyola Catholic Community Church arrive for services Sept. 3, 2017, in Klein, Texas. As clean up and repairs continue at the church just outside of Houston, parishioners turned a high school auditorium into their sanctuary on a Sunday that was declared National Day of Prayer for Harvey victims by President Trump.
Gregory Bull, AP

Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

Parishioners of the Lakewood Church led by Pastor Joel Osteen pray together during a service at the church as the city starts the process of rebuilding after severe flooding during Hurricane and Tropical Storm Harvey on Sept. 3, 2017, in Houston. Pastor Osteen drew criticism after initially not opening the doors of his church to victims of Hurricane Harvey.
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Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

Robert Licatino helps his son clean up his auto body shop on Sept. 3, 2017 in Orange, Texas.
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Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

Members of the Cypress Creek Christian Church hold Sunday services at Basel's Gymnastics after their church was severely damaged from flooding during Hurricane Harvey on Sept. 3, 2017 in Spring, Texas.
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Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

Search and rescue teams go into a mobile home community to look for any residents who may have weathered Hurricane Harvey in Beaumont, Texas on Sept. 2, 2017.
Danielle Parhizkaran, Northjersey.com via USA TODAY NETWORK

Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

Sam Byers, an EMT from Arlington, Texas, wades past the gates of the Coca-Cola warehouse in Beaumont to get uncontaminated water on Sept. 2, 2017.
Danielle Parhizkaran, Northjersey.com via USA TODAY NETWORK

Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

Malcolm Hunt of Milwaukee, WI, takes off his boot which is beyond repair as he stands on a flooded portion of State Route 96 in Beaumont, Texas on Saturday, Sept. 2, 2017. Hunt and a friend voluntarily came to the Houston/Beaumont area to lead search and rescue missions in flooded neighborhoods.
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Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

Amy Torres hugs her brother Cody Adams, of Beaumont, Texas, after he was rescued from being stranded on a median in the middle of State Route 96 in rough flood waters in Beaumont on Sept. 2, 2017. Adams was saved by Bill Zang (not pictured) in his hovercraft.
Danielle Parhizkaran, Northjersey.com via USA TODAY NETWORK

Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

H.E.B. Grocery employees hand out hot lunches for those in need in Beaumont, Texas on Sept. 2, 2017. The mobile kitchens, situated in the parking lot of H.E.B. Grocery on College street, served 2,000 meals for lunch and anticipate serving the same amount for dinner at 5 P.M. tonight.
Danielle Parhizkaran, Northjersey.com via USA TODAY NETWORK

Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

A car turns around where the Neches River overflows into an industrial area in the northern part of Beaumont, Texas on Sept. 2, 2017.
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Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

A construction vehicle leaves the entrance of the Beaumont City Water Plant on Sept. 2, 2017. The city is still without water after Hurricane Harvey.
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Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

President Trump poses for a as he hands out food at the NRG Center in Houston where he met with evacuees from Hurricane Harvey.
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Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

Trish Huddleston and Allie Coogan came out to show their support for their city and their team as the Astros played the Mets in a double header in Houston on Sept. 2, 2017, in the first big event after the area was deluged with catastrophic flooding. 'We just needed a diversion after all that's happened' Huddleston said.
Larry McCormack , The Tennessean via USA TODAY NETWORK

Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

Workers pick up debris in a staircase of a four-story hotel exposed when the wall fell during Hurricane Harvey, Sept. 2, 2017, in Rockport, Texas.
Eric Gay, AP

Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

A man kayaks back to his house in a neighborhood which was flooded when the Barker Reservoir reached capacity in the aftermath of Harvey, Sept. 2, 2017, in Katy, Texas.
Charlie Riedel, AP

Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

Residents hold signs at a roadblock into their Canyon Gate neighborhood which was flooded when the Barker Reservoir reached capacity in the aftermath of Harvey, Sept. 2, 2017, in Katy, Texas. Residents gathered at the checkpoint to vent their frustrations about not being able to get back into their homes which will remain flooded for several more days while the reservoir drains.
Charlie Riedel, AP

Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

People line up to receive food and water from a Salvation Army truck on Sept. 2, 2017 in Houston.
Joe Raedle, Getty Images

Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

Amy Carbo and John Carbo (L-R) help remove waterlogged items from a friend's house on Sept. 2, 2017 in Houston, Texas.
Joe Raedle, Getty Images

Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

Marlet Rodriguez and her daughter, Nadia Jimenez, look through donated clothes on Sept. 2, 2017 in Houston, Texas. The donations were brought into the neighborhood by a family that drove from Dallas to help out.
Joe Raedle, Getty Images

Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

Joseph Boutte walks through his home damaged by floodwaters in the aftermath of Harvey on Sept. 2, 2017, in Houston.
David J. Phillip, AP

Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

Tibisay Vegas cleans out her car after it was inundated with water as she begins the process of rebuilding after torrential rains caused widespread flooding during Hurricane and Tropical Storm Harvey on Sept. 2, 2017, in Houston, Texas.
Joe Raedle, Getty Images

Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

Clotilde Soto, Resujio Hernanez and Emiliano Soto (L-R) eat breakfast on the lawn of their home in Houston on Sept. 2, 2017.
Joe Raedle, Getty Images

Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

A Harrison County Sheriff gives out a box of MRE's and water to Casey Alfred on Sept. 2, 2017 in Houston.
Joe Raedle, Getty Images

Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

Dry wall, furniture and carpets sit outside of Staci Beinart's home on Sept. 1, 2017, after flooding from Hurricane Harvey damaged the Meyerland neighborhood of Houston. The Beinart family was rescued by Nick Sissa, who happened to be driving paramedics around in his military vehicle when they were called to help Beinart's nine-year-old son who was having an asthma attack.
Danielle Parhizkaran, Northjersey.com via USA TODAY NETWORK

Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

Nick Sissa bought a military vehicle for the fun of it. He ended up going out in the flooding during Hurricane Harvey and rescued about 300 people stranded in their homes in the Houston area. Photographed visiting one of the families he saved in the Meyerland neighborhood of Houston on Sept. 1, 2017.
Danielle Parhizkaran, Northjersey.com via USA TODAY NETWORK

Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

The struggle continues...
Jenna Fountain and her father Kevin carry a bucket down Regency Drive to try to recover items from their flooded home in Port Arthur, Texas, on Sept. 1, 2017.
Emily Kask, AFP/Getty Images

Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

An alligator moves along flood waters from the Guadalupe River spilling over Texas Highway 35, Friday, near Tivoli, Texas. The river carries water left by Hurricane Harvey.
Eric Gay, AP

Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

Homes are submerged by water from the flooded Brazos River in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey Friday, near Freeport, Texas.
Charlie Riedel, AP

Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

Sasha Ryder, dressed as Harley Quinn, hugs Jasmine Newton, 8, after Newton gave Ryder her own Harley Quinn bracelet to wear. Comic book and Disney characters greeted children entering the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston, TX on Friday.
Danielle Parhizkaran, Northjersey.com

Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

People begin the process of cleaning up the damage to their property, Friday, after torrential rains caused widespread flooding during Hurricane and Tropical Storm Harvey in Houston.
Scott Olson

Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

Evacuees who were rescued by boat and high water vehicles stand in line for food being served by volunteers, Friday, in a staging area as they wait for busses to go to evacuation shelters, in Vidor, Texas.
Gerald Herbert, AP

Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

Dustin Baxter (from left) registers his daughters Khylynn Baxter, 5, and Kynslee Baxter, 4, for kindergarten and pre-kindergarten at Flour Bluff Independent School District. The family is from Port Aransas, TX, an area devastated by Hurricane Harvey. The school district in Port Aransas has declared school indefinitely closed.
Rachel Denny Clow, Caller-Times

Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

Alice Liu (from left), 6, Harper Norton, 3, Linda Liu, 11, and Vickie Liu, 3, wait while their moms, including Jianhong Sue (right) register the older children for school at the Flour Bluff Independent School District. Their home school district will be closed indefinitely.
Rachel Denny Clow, Caller-Times

Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

National Guard troops will be helping out with recovery from Hurricane Harvey in Port Arthur, Texas.
Nick Oza, The Arizona Republic via the USA TODAY Network

Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

An airboat travels along a flooded road in the aftermath, near Galveston, Texas.
Charlie Riedel, AP

Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

Vicki Hartzell takes a break from cleaning her townhouse, as trash bags pile up on her steps, after flooding in Friendswood, Texas on Friday. The Hartzell's entire first floor was flooded as Clear Creek overflowed it's banks during Tropical Storm Harvey.
Kevin M. Cox, AP

Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

Hope Shoemaker (left), 13, and Olivia Adams, 13, pick out a donated backpack for the first day of school while getting registered for school at the Flour Bluff Independent School District on Friday, September 1, 2017. They are from Port Aransas, TX, an area devastated by Hurricane Harvey.
Rachel Denny Clow, Caller-Times

Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

Rising water still covers a country road in Sargent, Texas, Friday, Sept. 1, 2017, nearly a week after Harvey crashed into the Texas coastline with record rainfall.
Eric Gay, AP

Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

Residents post a warning, Friday, to looters as they recover from damage to their homes after torrential rains caused widespread flooding during Hurricane and Tropical Storm Harvey in the Atascocita subdivision in Humble, Texas.
Scott Olson, Getty Images

Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

Doug Leblanc cleans out his father's fridge from his flooded home in Port Arthur, Texas.
Emily Kask, AFP/Getty Images

Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

Blake Kuklin prepares to rescue more people at Eldridge Parkway in the Energy Corridor of west Houston, where residents were evacuating from their flooded homes and apartments after Hurricane Harvey on Aug. 30, 2017.
Erich Schlegel, Getty Images

Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

This is the flooded Buffalo Bayou near downtown Houston on Sept. 1, 2017.
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Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

Family members of Frances Cirilo helped her clear out her flooded East Houston home on Thursday. Many along Linda Vista and Oak Knoll drives started cleaning out their homes as they begin to rebuild after Hurricane Harvey.
Parhizkaran, Danielle, The Record and NorthJersey.com via the USA TODAY Network

Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

Deidra Cate is comforted by Vice President Pence in Rockport, Texas, on Aug. 31, 2017. Cate said parents are extremely concerned about the state of the schools and want to get them running as soon as possible.
Rachel Denny Clow, Caller-Times via the USA TODAY Network

Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

This is a satellite image of the flooding around Houston photographed by a Deimos-2 satellite on Aug. 30, 2017.
The red is vegetation, since the image was produced in near-infrared/false color. That’s a traditional band combination useful to see changes in plants’ health. The denser vegetation grows and the more chlorophyll the plants have, the more intense is the red color.
Deimos Imaging, an UrtheCast company

Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

Floodwaters fill the road running through the Lakes On Eldridge North subdivision in the aftermath of Tropical Storm Harvey in Houston.
Brett Coomer, Houston Chronicle via AP

Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

A patient waits for rescue from a health care facility in Port Arthur, Texas, on Aug. 30, 2017, that was flooded after Hurricane Harvey.
Nick Oza, The Arizona Republic, via USA TODAY Newtwork

Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

Rescuers, some trained first responders and other volunteers, help to evacuate the Gulf Health Care Center, a nursing home in Port Arthur, Texas. Elderly patients, many of the bedridden, needed assistance getting out of the facility that had nearly a foot of water in the lobby by 3 p.m. on Aug. 30, 2017.
Nick Oza, The Arizona Republic, via USA TODAY Newtwork

Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

First responders and volunteers help to evacuate the Gulf Health Care Center, a nursing home in Port Arthur, Texas.
Nick Oza, The Arizona Republic, via USA TODAY Newtwork

Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

A patient waits for rescue from a health care facility in Port Arthur, Texas, which was flooded on Aug. 30, 2017.
Nick Oza, The Arizona Republic, via USA TODAY Newtwork

Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

Kim Weatherford surveys the damage at his vacation home in Copano Cove in Rockport, Texas, on Aug. 30, 2017. The home sustained major damage from Hurricane Harvey.
Rachel Denny Clow, Caller-Times, via USA TODAY NETWORK

Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

Rescuers, some trained first responders and other volunteers, help to evacuate the Gulf Health Care Center, a nursing home in Port Arthur, Texas, on Aug. 30, 2017.
Nick Oza, The Arizona Republic, via USA TODAY Newtwork

Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

Jaylen Welch, 10, carries her belongings out of the flood on Tram Road after being rescued from flooding by boat from her home in Beaumont, Texas.
Jay Janner, Austin American-Statesman via AP

Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

Rescue workers and volunteers help to rescue residents of an apartment complex after it was inundated with water following Hurricane Harvey on Aug. 30, 2017, in Houston.
Scott Olson, Getty Images

Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

Family members react as a van is pulled out of the Greens Bayou with the bodies of six family members on Aug. 30, 2017, in Houston. The van was carried into the bayou during Tropical Storm Harvey as the water went over the bridge.
Elizabeth Conley, Houston Chronicle via AP

Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

A car sits submerged on the I-10 East Frontage Road in the Energy Corridor of west Houston, Texas where families were rescued from their flooded homes and apartments due to high water coming from the Addicks Reservoir after Hurricane Harvey on Aug. 30, 2017 in Houston, Texas.
Erich Schlegel, Getty Images

Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

A man files a missing person report for his father in the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston on Aug. 30, 2017.
Lee Celano, The Advertiser via USA TODAY NETWORK

Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

People wait in line to buy groceries at a Food Town during the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey on Aug. 30, 2017 in Houston, Texas.
Brendan Smialowski, AFP/Getty Images

Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

People shop at a Food Town grocery store during the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey on Aug. 30, 2017 in Houston, Texas.
Brendan Smialowski, AFP/Getty Images

Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

Steven Reinitz helps remove items damaged by floodwaters from Tropical Storm Harvey from his parents home on Aug. 30, 2017, in Houston.
David J. Phillip, AP

Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

Friends reunite in the middle of a flooded intersection as water continues to rise in their neighborhood following Hurricane Harvey on Aug. 30, 2017 in Houston, Texas.
Scott Olson, Getty Images

Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

Michael Saghian walks across the living room of his home damaged by floodwaters from Tropical Storm Harvey on Aug. 30, 2017, in Houston.
David J. Phillip, AP

Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

Cars sit along the street in an apartment complex after it was inundated with water following Hurricane Harvey on Aug. 30, 2017 in Houston.
Scott Olson, Getty Images

Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

Michael Boyd passes his son Skylar over to a rescue worker as they are evacuated on an airboat from their apartment complex after it was inundated with water following Hurricane Harvey on Aug. 30, 2017 in Houston.
Scott Olson, Getty Images

Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

Jose Martinez, left, and William Majano remove drywall and baseboards from a home damaged by floodwaters from Tropical Storm Harvey on Aug. 30, 2017, in Houston.
David J. Phillip, AP

Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

Gladys Dasi holds her two-month-old son Elliott while sheltering at Gallery Furniture on Aug. 30, 2017, in Richmond, Texas. Dasi with her husband and four kids evacuated their Richmond home Sunday after it flooded as a result of Hurricane Harvey. The furniture store opened as a shelter housing as many as 350 people in an area being constructed as a museum of American industry.
Charlie Riedel, AP

Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

A resident checks the depth of water outside his home as it continues to rise following Hurricane Harvey on Aug. 30, 2017 in Houston.
Scott Olson, Getty Images

Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

Residents living around the Energy Corridor of west Houston, Texas are rescued from flooded homes and apartments due to high water coming from the Addicks Reservoir after Hurricane Harvey on Aug. 30, 2017.
Erich Schlegel, Getty Images

Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

Jose Martinez works to remove drywall from a home damaged by floodwaters from Tropical Storm Harvey on Aug. 30, 2017, in Houston.
David J. Phillip, AP

Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

Tiffaany Duron and her daughter Emma Sledge, 3, hug their dog Daisy on Aug, 30, 2017, outside the George R. Brown Convention Center where they took shelter after Hurricane Harvey flooded their home in Houston.
Lee Celano, The Advertiser via USA TODAY NETWORK

Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

Will Lewis helps direct an evacuee to a transport truck as volunteers and first responders work together to rescue residents from rising flood waters in Houston on Aug. 29, 2017.
Scott Clause, Daily Advertiser via USA TODAY Network

Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

Ninety-eight-year-old Yuth Chhut sleeps on chairs in the Red Cross shelter at the George R. Brown Convention Center on Aug. 29, 2017, in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey.
Henrietta Wildsmith, The Shreveport Times via USA TODAY NETWORK

Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

Volunteer rescuers evacuate people from a flooded residential area during the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey on Aug. 29, 2017, in Houston, Texas.
Brendan Smialowski, AFP/Getty Images

Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

Rescue workers and volunteers help residents make their way out of a flooded neighborhood after it was inundated with rain water following Hurricane Harvey on Aug. 29, 2017 in Houston, Texas.
Scott Olson, Getty Images

Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

Local residents are evacuated by a military vehicle in the Clodine district after Hurricane Harvey caused heavy flooding in Houston, Texas on Aug. 29, 2017.
Floodwaters have breached a levee south of the city of Houston, officials said Tuesday, urging residents to leave the area immediately.
Mark Ralston, AFP/Getty Images

Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

Rescue workers and volunteers help residents make their way out of a flooded neighborhood after it was inundated with rain water following Hurricane Harvey on Aug. 29, 2017 in Houston, Texas.
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Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

Billy Argueta(R) helps evacuate a family from their flooded street in Houston, Texas on August 29, 2017.
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Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

A volunteer carries a woman whose home was impacted by severe flooding following Hurricane Harvey in north Houston on Aug. 29, 2017, in Houston.
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Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

President Trump and first lady Melania Trump arrive on Air Force One at Corpus Christi International Airport in Corpus Christi, Texas on Aug. 29, 2017, for briefings on Hurricane Harvey relief efforts.
Evan Vucci, AP

Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

Lupe Tijerina, left, and Andy Guerra, center, and Felix Tijerina, right, work on Aug. 29, 2017 to salvage items from their family home that was destroyed in the wake of Hurricane Harvey in Rockport, Texas.
Eric Gay, AP

Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

People make their way out of a flooded neighborhood after it was inundated with rain water following Hurricane Harvey on Aug. 29, 2017, in Houston, Texas.
Scott Olson, Getty Images

Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

Texas Army National Guard members Sergio Esquivel, left, and Ernest Barmore carry 81-year-old Ramona Bennett after she and other residents were rescued from their Pine Forest Village neighborhood due to high water from Hurricane Harvey Aug. 29, 2017, in Houston.
Erich Schlegel, Getty Images

Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

People line up for food as others rest at the George R. Brown Convention Center that has been set up as a shelter for evacuees escaping the floodwaters from Tropical Storm Harvey in Houston, Texas on Aug. 29, 2017.
LM Otero, AP

Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

William Loosemore adds wood to his smoker as he prepares food for first responders, volunteer and those in need of a meal on Aug. 29, 2017, in Rockport, Texas, where recovery after Hurricane Harvey continues. Loosemore is hoping President Donald Trump will stop by during his visit to Texas.
Eric Gay, AP

Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

Hundreds of people file into the George R. Brown Convention Center in downtown Houston to take refuge from the rain and flooding.
Nick Oza, for USA TODAY

Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

Flooded roads in downtown Houston.
Nick Oza, for USA TODAY

Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

Bridget Brundett hands Texas Gov. Greg Abbott the flag she took down from the Rockport, Texas city hall during Hurricane Harvey in order to protect it.
Courtney Sacco, Corpus Christi Caller-Times

Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

Volunteers and first responders help flood victims evacuate to shelters in Houston.
Scott Clause, The Advertiser via USATODAY Network

Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

Linda Hart rode out Hurricane Harvey in their trailer near Bronte Street in Fulton, Texas. She said she held hands with her husband William and prayed they would survive. They didn't evacuate because of their dogs. "If I can't take my dogs you leave me right where I am," Hart said.
Rachel Denny Clow, Corpus Christi Caller-Times

Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

Volunteer Caleb Carr, left, helps Les Currie get into his trailer in Aransas County, Texas. Currie evacuated quickly and didn't have a chance to gather his paperwork.
Rachel Denny Clow, Corpus Christi Caller-Times

Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

People brave floodwaters from Hurricane Harvey as they pass abandoned cars near South Lake Houston Parkway.
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Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

Residents are rescued from floodwaters from Hurricane Harvey in Houston on Aug. 28, 2017.
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Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

Pearl Lyons is rescued from her subdivision off Highway 90 in northeast Houston in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey on Aug. 28, 2017.
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Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

MJ Torres gives her sister, Valere Garza, left, a hug after being rescued from a subdivision off Highway 90 in Houston in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey on Aug. 28, 2017.
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Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

Messiah Gray gets carried to safety from a subdivision off Highway 90 in Houston in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey on Aug. 28, 2017.
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Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

Volunteers Elizabeth Duran and Dana Jamieson helping to sort clothes at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Lafayette, La., which is being used as a shelter for residents who have been displaced by flood waters on Aug. 28, 2017.
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Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

A truck driver walks past an abandoned truck while checking the depth of an underpass during the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey on Aug. 28, 2017 in Houston.
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Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

Joe Garcia carries his dog Heidi from his flooded home as he is rescued from rising floodwaters from Tropical Storm Harvey on Aug. 28, 2017, in Spring, Texas.
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Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

Volunteer rescue boats make their way into a flooded subdivision to rescue stranded residents as floodwaters from Tropical Storm Harvey rise on Aug. 28, 2017, in Spring, Texas.
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Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

John and Cathy Cservek hold their dogs Lacy and Iggy while being rescued from their home as floodwaters from Tropical Storm Harvey rise on Aug. 28, 2017, in Spring, Texas.
David J. Phillip, AP

Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

Mindy Walker and her 3-year-old son Connor Martinez are helped out of a boat after being rescued from their home along Cypress Creek at Kuykendal 15 miles northwest of downtown Houston on Aug. 28, 2017. The areas in and around Houston and south Texas are experiencing record floods after more than 24 inches of rain after Harvey made landfall in the south coast of Texas as a category 4 hurricane, the most powerful to affect the US since 2004. Harvey has weakened and been downgraded to a tropical storm and is expected to cause heavy rain for several days.
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Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

A boat heads out across the flooded area of Cypress Creek at Kuykendal to rescue stranded residents from home and apartments along the creek 15 miles northwest of downtown Houston on Aug. 28,2017.
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Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

A boat ferries rescued residents from homes and apartments across the flooded area of Cypress Creek at Kuykendal 15 miles northwest of downtown Houston on Aug. 28, 2017.
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Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

Arthur Kolten, 96, center, was rescued by volunteers in a motor boat from his flooded home in the Meyerland neighborhood after Hurricane Harvey inundated the area on Aug. 28, 2017 in Houston. Harvey, which made landfall north of Corpus Christi late Friday evening, is expected to dump upwards to 40 inches of rain in areas of Texas over the next couple of days.
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Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

People evacuate a neighborhood in west Houston inundated by floodwaters from Tropical Storm Harvey on Aug. 28, 2017, in Houston.
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Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

There are currently more than 2,500 flood evacuees from tropical storm Harvey sheltered in the George R. Brown convention center in downtown Houston, according to David Schoeneck, Red Cross public affairs supervisor. In addition to this Red Cross shelters, impromptu shelters have been set up at schools and businesses throughout the Houston area.
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Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

A man walks to his home in a neighborhood inundated by floodwaters from Tropical Storm Harvey on Aug. 28, 2017, in Houston.
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Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

Mario Moreno removes wires from a light pole after it was knocked down by winds from Hurricane Harvey in Corpus Christi.
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Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

Wes Sallee dumps branches and leaves in Corpus Christi as he cleans the area around his home after Hurricane Harvey passed through the Texas Gulf Coast.
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Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

Mike Bierd works to clean up one of his properties in Rockport, Texas following Hurricane Harvey. "It's just a matter of time, we'll get it all stuck back together and make it pretty again," he said.
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Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

Members of the Texas National Guard walk through a Fulton Texas neighborhood a day after Hurricane Harvey made landfall.
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Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

Members of the Texas National Guard pull a utility poll from a Fulton Beach Road a day after Hurricane Harvey made landfall in Fulton, Texas.
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Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

David Graves takes a break from clearing trees from around his home along Palm Street a day after Hurricane Harvey made landfall in Fulton, Texas.
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Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

Robert Payne bags leaves as he cleans the area around his home in Corpus Christi after Hurricane Harvey passed through.
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Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

Naomi Coto carries Simba on her shoulders as they evacuate their home after the area was flooded by Hurricane Harvey on Aug. 27, 2017, in Houston.
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Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

Peggy Tomblin, left and her daughter, Lisa Loos, have both been waiting on word of their husbands after they went missing in Rockport, Texas following Hurricane Harvey. Tomblin received word her husband had been found Sunday and returned, but he couldn't be located. Loos' husband got in contact with her.
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Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

A man helps children across a flooded street as they evacuate their home after the area was inundated with flooding from Hurricane Harvey on Aug. 27, 2017 in Houston.
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Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

Evacuation residents from the Meyerland area walk onto an I-610 overpass for further help during the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey on Aug. 27, 2017 in Houston, Texas.
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Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

Houston Police SWAT officer Daryl Hudeck carries Catherine Pham and her 13-month-old son Aiden after rescuing them from their home surrounded by floodwaters from Tropical Storm Harvey on Aug. 27, 2017, in Houston. The remnants of Hurricane Harvey sent devastating floods pouring into Houston Sunday as rising water chased thousands of people to rooftops or higher ground.
David J. Phillip, AP

Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

People walk through the flooded waters of Telephone Rd. in Houston on Aug. 27, 2017 as the US fourth city city battles with tropical storm Harvey and resulting floods.
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Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

Residents are evacuated from their homes surrounded by floodwaters from Tropical Storm Harvey on Aug. 27, 2017, in Houston, Texas.
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Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

Sam Speights holds two of his dogs as he checks on the damage to his home in the wake of Hurricane Harvey, on Aug. 27, 2017, in Rockport, Texas. Speights tried to stay in his home during the storm but had to move to other shelter after he lost his roof and back wall.
Eric Gay, AP

Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

Two people walk down a flooded section of Interstate 610 in floodwaters from Tropical Storm Harvey on Aug. 27, 2017, in Houston, Texas.
David J. Phillip, AP

Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

A child makes his way through floodwaters from Tropical Storm Harvey while checking on neighbors at his apartment complex in Houston on Aug. 27, 2017.
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Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

A man wades through floodwaters with a child on his shoulders on Aug. 27, 2017, in Houston.
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Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

Dominic Dominguez looks through a stack of boats jumbled in the wake of Hurricane Harvey on Aug. 27, 2017, in Rockport, Texas.
Eric Gay, AP

Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

Local resident Valerie Cross, and her dog Boudreaux, walk home after visiting an aid center to get drinking water in the aftermath of Hurrican Harvey in Rockport, Texas on Aug. 27, 2017.
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Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

A view of a sinkhole that caused a road collapse along Highway FM 762 in Rosenberg, Texas after flooding from Tropical Storm Harvey on Aug. 27, 2017.
Rick Jervis, USA TODAY

Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

Volunteers and officers from the neighborhood security patrol help to rescue residents in the upscale River Oaks neighborhood after it was inundated with flooding from Hurricane Harvey on Aug. 27, 2017 in Houston, Texas. Harvey, which made landfall north of Corpus Christi late Friday evening, is expected to dump upwards to 40 inches of rain in Texas over the next couple of days.
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Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

Wilford Martinez, right, is rescued from his flooded car along Interstate 610 in floodwaters from Tropical Storm Harvey on Aug. 27, 2017, in Houston, Texas.
David J. Phillip, AP

Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

A trailer home's stairs are lodged in an SUV's windshield in Port Aransas, Texas, on, Aug. 27, 2017. Officials continue to keep the city on lockdown, preventing residents from entering the city after Hurricane Harvey hit the Texas coast as a Category 4 storm, damaging buildings and leaving tens of thousands without power.
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Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

Residents are rescued from their homes surrounded by floodwaters from Tropical Storm Harvey Aug. 27, 2017, in Houston, Texas.
David J. Phillip, AP

Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

Andrew White (L) helps a neighbor down a street after rescuing her from her home in his boat in the upscale River Oaks neighborhood after it was inundated with flooding from Hurricane Harvey on August 27, 2017 in Houston, Texas.
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Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

Ruby Young waits with her husband, Claude Young, after being rescued from their flooded home by boat and taken to a pickup point on Aug. 27, 2017. The elderly man had many medical issues from a stroke in May.
Melissa Phillip, Houston Chronicle via AP

Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

Volunteers and officers from the neighborhood security patrol help to rescue residents and their dogs in the upscale River Oaks neighborhood after it was inundated with flooding from Hurricane Harvey on August 27, 2017 in Houston, Texas.
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Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

Residents are rescued from their homes surrounded by floodwaters from Tropical Storm Harvey on Aug. 27, 2017, in Houston, Texas.
David J. Phillip, AP

Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

A graveyard is seen as it floods during the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey on Aug. 27, 2017, in Pearland, Texas.
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Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

A man walks down the median as trucks navigate floodwaters from Tropical Storm Harvey along Interstate 610 on Aug. 27, 2017, in Houston, Texas.
David J. Phillip, AP

Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

People seek shelter from the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston on Aug. 27, 2017.
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Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

A man walks through floodwaters from Tropical Storm Harvey as he evacuates his home on Aug. 27, 2017, in Houston, Texas. Rescuers answered hundreds of calls for help Sunday as floodwaters from the remnants of Hurricane Harvey rose high enough to begin filling second-story homes, and authorities urged stranded families to seek refuge on their rooftops.
Charlie Riedel, AP

Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

A family evacuates their home in Houston on Aug. 27, 2017.
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Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

A boat lays on it's side almost completely underwater after Hurricane Harvey hit a harbor in Port Lavaca, Texas, on Aug. 27, 2017.
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Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

Robert Grant and Rocky from the Texas Task Force 2 search and rescue team work through a destroyed apartment complex trying to find anyone that still may be in the apartment complex after Hurricane Harvey passed through on Aug. 27, 2017 in Rockport, Texas.
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Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

Members of the Texas Task Force 2 search and rescue team work through a destroyed apartment complex trying to find anyone that still may be in the apartment complex after Hurricane Harvey passed through on Aug. 27, 2017, in Rockport, Texas.
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Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

An outer wall of Emily Zurawski's home was blown in by Hurricane Harvey in Port Aransas, Texas, seen on Aug. 27, 2017.
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Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

A man wades through floodwaters from Tropical Storm Harvey on Aug. 27, 2017, in Houston, Texas. Harvey is expected to dump upwards to 40 inches of rain in Texas over the next couple of days.
David J. Phillip, AP

Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

A gauge shows the depth of water at an underpass on Interstate 10 which has been inundated with flooding from Hurricane Harvey on Aug. 27, 2017, in Houston, Texas.
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Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

A man waves for help as he is surrounded by floodwaters from Tropical Storm Harvey on Aug. 27, 2017, in Houston, Texas.
David J. Phillip, AP

Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

Two kayakers try to beat the current pushing them down an overflowing Brays Bayou along S. Braeswood in Houston, Texas, Aug. 27, 2017. Rescuers answered hundreds of calls for help Sunday as floodwaters from the remnants of Hurricane Harvey climbed high enough to begin filling second-story homes, and authorities urged stranded families to seek refuge on their rooftops.
Mark Mulligan, Houston Chronicle via AP

Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

Damage to a two-story apartment building after Hurricane Harvey hit Rockport, Texas on Aug. 26, 2017.
Hurricane Harvey left a trail of devastation Saturday after the most powerful storm to hit the US mainland in over a decade slammed into Texas, destroying homes, severing power supplies and forcing tens of thousands of residents to flee.
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Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

Harold Nubles searches through what is left of his barbecue truck in Refugio, Texas, that was destroyed by Hurricane Harvey on Aug. 26, 2017
Olivia Vanni, The Victoria Advocate via AP

Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

Brad Matheney offers help to a man in a wheelchair in a flooded street while Hurricane Harvey passes through Texas on Aug. 26, 2017, in Galveston, Texas.
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Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

Damage to the First Baptist Church of Rockport after Hurricane Harvey hit Rockport, Texas on Aug. 26, 2017.
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Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

A view of the Marathon Texas City Refinery as rain from Hurricane Harvey floods a road on Aug. 26, 2017 in Texas City, Texas.
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Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

Inmates Gaij Capistran, left, Victor Bravo, center, and Joseph Perez sit outside of the Refugio County Jail as they wait to be told what clean up work needs to be done after Hurricane Harvey in Refugio, Texas on Aug. 26, 2017.
Olivia Vanni, The Victoria Advocate via AP

Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

A motorhome lies flipped on it's side near Victoria, Texas in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey on Aug. 26, 2017.
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Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

Paul Johnson cuts a tree with only a machete in the Hillcrest neighborhood of Corpus Christi, TX Aug. 26, 2017, the morning after Hurricane Harvey. "It's all right, it's life, he said." Hillcrest is one of the poorest communities in Corpus Christi.
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Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

A couple strolls along the shore in McFaddin Beach, Texas as storm clouds build on the horizon the day after Hurricane Harvey made land, battering the gulf communities near Corpus Christi.
Kim Brent, The Beaumont Enterprise via AP

Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

Water pours into a storm drain on 31st Street in Nederland, Texas as spotty bursts of rain move through the area.
Kim Brent, The Beaumont Enterprise via AP

Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

People make their way down partially flooded roads following the passage of Hurricane Harvey in Galveston, Texas.
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Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

A motorist drives around fallen trees left in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey in Victoria, Texas.
Charlie Riedel, AP

Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

German Martinez, with Galveston's Public Works department, clears debris from the intersection in Galveston, Texas as high water from Hurricane Harvey begin to recede.
Jennifer Reynolds, The Galveston County Daily News via AP

Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

Residents ride an all terrain vehicle down a street in Galveston, Texas as they survey the flooding from Hurricane Harvey in their neighborhood.
Jennifer Reynolds, The Galveston County Daily News via AP

Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

Michael Scott uses his smartphone to livestream the rain and storm surge of Hurricane Harvey from the 59th Street rock groin in Galveston, Texas.
Jennifer Reynolds, The Galveston County Daily News via AP

Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

Robert Zbrane stands next to his boat in Rockport, Texas. Zbrane tried to ride out the storms o Hurricane Harvey until his boat was damaged and sunk.
Eric Gay, AP

Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

As a preventive measure, empty Metro buses are lined up in the center lanes of Interstate 59 near Cavalcade in case their bus shelters flood in Houston.
Mark Mulligan, Houston Chronicle via AP

Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

Port Aransas EMS Chief Tim McIntosh searches for people who need help at an RV park after Hurricane Harvey hit the Coast Bend area of Port Aransas, Texas.
Gabe Hernandez, Corpus Christi Caller-Times

Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

Power company workers repair damaged power lines after Hurricane Harvey hit in Katy, Texas.
David J. Phillip, AP

Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

Miguel Debernardis cleans up debris in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey in Katy, Texas.
David J. Phillip, AP

Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

A Texas and U.S. flag fly as rain from Hurricane Henry falls in Texas City, Texas.
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Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

Rockport firefighters search for survivors in a structure damaged by Hurricane Harvey in Rockport, Texas.
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Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

Rescue workers search for survivors in a structure damaged by Hurricane Harvey in Rockport, Texas.
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Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

Donna Raney makes her way out of the wreckage of her home as Daisy Graham tells her she will help her out of the window after Hurricane Harvey destroyed the apartment in Rockport, Texas. Raney was hiding in the shower after the roof blew off and the walls of her home caved in.
Joe Raedle, Getty Images

Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

Donna Raney is helped out of the window by Lee Guerrero and Daisy Graham after Hurricane Harvey destroyed her apartment in Rockport, Texas.
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Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

Billy Raney and Donna Raney climb over the wreckage of what is left of their apartment after Hurricane Harvey destroyed it in Rockport, Texas. Donna and Billy were hiding in the shower after the roof blew off and the walls of her home caved in.
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Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

Daisy Graham reacts to the news that a friend of hers may still be in an apartment that was destroyed by Hurricane Harvey in Rockport, Texas. Graham's friends were found alive.
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Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

Terry Smith stands in the apartment that had its ceiling collapse when Hurricane Harvey hit in Rockport, Texas. Smith said she has never been as terrified in her life as when the winds started roaring through town.
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Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

A Rockport firefighter goes door to door on a search and rescue mission as he looks for people that may need help after Hurricane Harvey in Rockport, Texas.
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Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

A damaged home after Hurricane Harvey passed through in Rockport, Texas.
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Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

A damaged building after Hurricane Harvey passed through in Rockport, Texas.
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Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

A Rockport firefighter goes door to door on a search and rescue mission as he looks for people that may need help after Hurricane Harvey in Rockport, Texas.
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Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

Lee Guerrero tries to kick open a door of an apartment after hearing his friends say they were hiding in the shower stall and were okay after Hurricane Harvey destroyed the apartment in Rockport, Texas.
Joe Raedle, Getty Images

Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

An overturned trailer sits in a park in the wake of Hurricane Harvey in Aransas Pass, Texas.
Eric Gay, AP

Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

A fishing boat is left partial submerged after Hurricane Harvey swept through Corpus Christi. Harvey has been further downgraded to a Category 1 hurricane as it churns slowly inland from the Texas Gulf Coast, already depositing more than 9 inches of rain in south Texas.
Eric Gay, AP

Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

The remains of a house that caught fire after Hurricane Harvey hit Corpus Christi.
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Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

Donald Buckley loads a sandbag into a golf cart at the end of East Avenue G in Port Aransas, Texas ahead of hurricane Harvey on Aug. 24, 2017.
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Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

Steve Elliott, left, and David Prater, right, secure a 40-foot shrimp boat at West End Marina on Aug. 24, 2017, in Galveston, Texas, as people prepare for Hurricane Harvey.
Melissa Phillip, Houston Chronicle, via AP

Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

Aaron Berg fills up a gas can and his portable generator on Aug. 24, 2017, in Houston as Hurricane Harvey intensifies in the Gulf of Mexico. Harvey is forecast to be a major hurricane when it makes landfall along the middle Texas coastline.
David J. Phillip, AP

Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

David Montes helps board up windows at a home as Hurricane Harvey approaches Corpus Christi.
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Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

A shopper finds empty shelves on the bottled water section inside the Kroger store on in preparation of Hurricane Harvey on Aug. 24, 2017, in Houston.
Godofredo A. Vasquez, AP

Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

Ken Knox secures a friend's boat at the Corpus Christi Marina Aug. 24, 2017 in advance of Tropical Storm Harvey. The storm is expected to be a category 3 hurricane by the time it makes landfall. "I would give anything not to stay here, but somebody's got to stay," he said.
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Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

People fill sandbags behind the Seaman's Memorial Tower in Aransas Pass, Texas, ahead of a tropical storm on Aug. 23, 2017. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has ordered the State Operations Center to elevate its readiness level and is making state resources available for preparation and possible rescue and recovery actions amid forecasts a tropical storm will make landfall along the Texas Gulf Coast.
Courtney Sacco, Corpus Christi Caller-Times, via AP

Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

William Hazzard loads water into his car as he prepares for tropical weather in Houston Aug. 24, 2017. Tropical Storm Harvey is expected to intensify over the warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico before reaching the Texas coast Friday.
David J. Phillip, AP

Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

Bill Tippett and Kent Butler, with the Salvation Army disaster department, deliver supplies of water and clean up kits to the Salvation Army in Corpus Christi, Texas, Aug. 24, 2017 in advance of Tropical Storm Harvey.
Rachel Denny Clow, AP

Tropical Depression Harvey batters Texas

Texas Department of Transportation signage warns drivers to the development of a tropical system on Aug. 23, 2017, in Port Isabel, Texas.
Jason Hoekema, The Brownsville Herald, via AP